{"product_id":"the-silence-that-speaks-short-stories-by-indian-muslim-women-hardcover","title":"The Silence That Speaks: Short Stories by Indian Muslim Women - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHaris Qadeer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ground-breaking anthology brings together 38 short stories culled from\u003cbr\u003eover a century of writing by Muslim women from colonial and postcolonial\u003cbr\u003eIndia. Selected from different Indian languages, it includes fascinating stories\u003cbr\u003eby celebrated and emerging authors. It also excavates stories from early women's\u003cbr\u003ejournals such as Tehzeeb-e-Niswan, Saogat, and Indian Ladies' Magazine.\u003cbr\u003eWritten in different styles, modes, and forms, the stories deconstruct cultural\u003cbr\u003eessentialism often involved in imagining Muslim womanhood and reflect upon\u003cbr\u003ethe diversity of imagined and lived experiences. They challenge sundry labels, \u003cbr\u003eexplore intersections of identities, debunk several myths, and demonstrate how\u003cbr\u003ethe authors navigate the world of voices and silences. Ranging from imaginary\u003cbr\u003egeographies to topographies of Muslim ghettos, most of these powerful stories\u003cbr\u003enarrate the spaces that Muslim women inhabit, and delineate their courage, \u003cbr\u003edesires, freedom, struggle, and myriad subjectivities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaris Qadeer, \u003cem\u003eAssistant Professor, English Department, Delhi University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaris Qadeer teaches at the Department of English, University of Delhi, India. He was a UGC-DAAD visiting fellow to the Department of English, Potsdam University, Germany (2019), and the Charles Wallace Visiting fellowship to the King's College, London, UK (2022). He has co-edited the special issue of \u003cem\u003eThesis Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e on Postcolonial World Literature and \u003cem\u003eSultana's Sisters: Genre, Genre, and Genealogy in South Asian Muslim Women's Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e (2021). His forthcoming projects include \u003cem\u003eMedical Maladies: Stories on Disease and Cure from Indian Languages\u003c\/em\u003e (2022) and an English translation of a Hindi play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 500\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.4 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42171198537863,"sku":"9780190132613","price":119.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/34bd5594e14d0d1d3d36e28f52b2ab9c.webp?v=1733353846","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-silence-that-speaks-short-stories-by-indian-muslim-women-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}